Ant-trap.



G. T. VEEDER.

ANT TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

314% G'ZV eeder GEORGE THOMAS VEEDER, OF' CHARE'NTO'N, LOUISIANA.

ANT-TRAP.

Application filed September 22, 1915.

Traps, of which the following is a 'tion.

This invention contemplates an improved ant trap and has as its primary object to provide a device of this character adapted to contain a liquid poison and so constructe that the poison cannot spill out, should the trap become overturned.

The invention has as a further. object to provide a device of this character wherein ants entering the trap may find easy access to the poison, but wherein the egress of t e ants from the trap can be accomplished only with difficulty. And the invention has as a still further object to provide a trap which will be simple in construction and wherein, if desired, the major portion thereof may be formed from sheet metal.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings an then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part 0 this application.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved trap, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view and more particularly showing the internal construction 0 the is a horizontal sectional view showing the arrangement of the ears carthe inlet tube of the trap, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the inner end of the said inlet tube.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In carrying out my invention, I preferacylindrical casing or receptamay be formed of sheet metal or any other suitable material and may, 0 course, be constructed any desired size. Detachably the open end of thereceptacle is a closure 11 which is provide centrally with an opening 12.

Mounted upon the closure 11 and surrounding the opening 12 therein, is an inlet tube or member passage from the exterior of the casing and is secured at one end to the closure in any Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Apr. 18, 1916. Serial No. 51,951.

suitable manner. The inlet tube 13 is arranged to extend axially within the receptacle and at its lower extremity is provide with diametrically disposed wings 1 1 arranged to extend tangentially to the wall of said tube. The wings 14 are more particularly shown in fig. 1 of the drawings an it will be observed that the wall of the tube is notched upon opposite sides thereof to define the wings XX, and the said wings are then bent outwardly in opposite directions as therein illustrated.

Arranged to surround the inlet tube in spaced relation thereto'is a cylindrical jacket 15 secured at one end to the closure an extending at its opposite the inner extremity of; the noted that the inlet tube g axially within the casing 15 and defines in connection therewith a chamber 16 sealed at its outer end by the closure 11. The jacket 15 at the inner open end thereof is provided with oppositely disposed ears 17 which extend radially therefrom and support a bloc 18 connected to the ears by tacks or other suitable fastening devices. The block-18 may, if desired, be formed of wood, and it will be noted that the inner end of the jacket is arranged to abut the block which consequently closes the jacket at its inner extremity. Formed in the wall of the jacket at the inner end thereof is a series 0 circumferentially spaced notches 19, establishing communication between the jacket and the interior of the receptable 10.

The receptacle 10 is designed to contain a poisonous liquid as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and it will be noted that ants may enter through the tube 13. Particular attention is now directed to the fact that the wings 1a are arranged to abut the wall of the jacket 15 to provide indirect communication between the inlet passage and the element 18 so that the ants so entering the tube 13 may cross upon the said wings from the inlet tube to the wall of the jacket, and having gained the wall of the jacket, the ants may then enter upon the block 18 through the openings 19 in the jacket to the block profor the ants at the inner d that enter the trap, their be accomplished only and it is to be noted, that if of the trap may find easy access to the poison, viding a landing end of the jacket. while ants may readily egress therefrom may with difficulty desired, the major portion It will thus be note kSO - its wall provided with 'viding a landing at the receptacle 10 become overturned, the poison through the opening 12 by t e presence of the chamber 16, so that in use, the device will prove a very effective and desirable ar ticle.

Having thus described invention, what claim and desire to secure by Letters ent is:

he jacket, and

they jacket and providing a landing at t thereof.

2. A device of the character described including a casing, a closure fitted thereon and an inlet tub jacket surrounding the inlet'tube and having the said notch.

4t. A'device of the character described ineluding a casing, a member projecting into the casing and providing an wing carried by the said member, a jacket surrounding said member with the wing extending toward the wall of the jacket, and lement carried by the jacket and proinner extremity thereof. I 5. A device of the eluding a casing, a member pro ecting into eluding a receptacle open at one end, a clo- Oopies '0: this patent may be obtained for five cents eac Washington, D. 0.

Should the Pate lnner extremity inlet passage, a

haracter described inlishing communication between the jacket the receptacle.

f -7. device of the character described ining a casing provided with an inlet passage rom the exterior of the v theexterior of the casing, and an element supported withinthe casing by said memer to provide a landing leading from said passage.

d mentioned 1 device of-the character described insaid landing. '9. A device of the eluding acasing, thecasing and arranged within the casing to provide a surrounding said member, an a lug supported to extend between the member and prov1de-co1nmu- 165A device of the character described in cluding a casing, a closure therefor, a member supported by said closure to project into e casing andprovi ling an inlet passage,

casing with theclosure.

the inlet In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

GEO. THOMAS VEEDERQ a 8,

-, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

